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Getting started with SourceCraft Code Assistant

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Updated at April 1, 2025

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Code Assistant is an AI-driven developer assistant based on large language models (LLM)s. With Code Assistant, you can optimize the code writing process and increase your performance. The smart autocompletion mode enables Code Assistant to analyze the code context and come up with the most relevant suggestions for functions, cycles, conditions, and more.

To get started:

  1. Get your cloud ready.
  2. Install and configure the plugin.
  3. Test the plugin.
  4. Manage the plugin.

Get your cloud ready

Go to the management console and log in to Yandex Cloud or sign up if not signed up yet.

Install and configure the plugin

Warning

The Code Assistant plugin is now available for Visual Studio Code and JetBrains IDE versions 2024.3, 2024.2, and 2024.1.

  1. Download the Code Assistant plugin for Visual Studio Code.

    If you cannot download it for any reason, contact your system administrator so that they open network access to Yandex Cloud resources.

  2. Install the plugin:

    1. Open Visual Studio Code.

    2. Open Command Palette by pressing Ctrl + Shift + P for Windows or Linux or Command + Shift + P for macOS.

    3. Enter Extensions: Install from VSIX... and select the plugin file you downloaded before.

      The installation process will finish saying Completed installing extension.

    You can also install Code Assistant through the Visual Studio Code CLI using this command:

    code --install-extension <path_to_plugin>

  3. To get started with Code Assistant, get authenticated in Yandex Cloud:

    1. In the No active session found. Log in please pop-up window, click Go to browser.

      To re-authenticate in the plugin or log in as a different Yandex Cloud user, enter >SourceCraft Code Assistant in the top search bar. From the list that opens, select SourceCraft Code Assistant: Login.

    2. Allow Visual Studio Code to open the authentication page in your browser.

    3. In your browser, go to the Yandex Cloud management console and click Open app in the pop-up window.

    4. Go back to Visual Studio Code.

If the plugin is enabled and ready to go, you will see in the editor's bottom panel.

Click this icon to view the username of the Yandex Cloud account authenticated in the plugin. You can find the username in the Logged in as row of the list. If no user is authenticated, this row will be missing.

Note

If you previously installed SourceCraft Code Assistant plugin for the JetBrains IDE from a downloadable ZIP archive, uninstall the plugin and reinstall it using the guide below.

  1. Install the plugin:

    1. In the JetBrains IDE interface, click in the upper right corner and select Plugins....

    2. At the top of the plugin settings window that opens, click and select Manage Plugin Repositories....

    3. In the window that opens, click , enter https://proxy.src.yandexcloud.net/proxy/plugin/jetbrains/stable in the field that appears, and click OK.

    4. At the top of the settings window, go to the Marketplace tab and select the SourceCraft Code Assistant plugin. If required, use the search bar.

    5. Click Install.

    6. After installation is complete, click OK.

      If the plugin is installed successfully, you will see the Code Assist plugin started message in the IDE notification area.

    7. Restart the IDE.

  2. Enable automatic updates of the SourceCraft Code Assistant plugin:

    1. In the JetBrains IDE interface, click in the upper right corner and select Settings....
    2. Go to Appearance & Behavior → System Settings → Updates and enable Update plugins automatically.
    3. Click OK.

  3. To get started with Code Assistant, get authenticated in Yandex Cloud:

    1. In the SourceCraft Code Assistant OAuth pop-up window, click SourceCraft Code Assistant: Login.

      To re-authenticate in the plugin or log in as a different Yandex Cloud user, click in the top right corner of the editor, enter SourceCraft Code Assistant in the window that opens, and select SourceCraft Code Assistant: Login.

    2. In your browser, go to the Yandex Cloud management console.

    3. Go back to the IDE.

If the plugin is enabled and ready to go, you will see in the editor's bottom panel.

Click this icon to view the username of the Yandex Cloud account authenticated in the plugin. You can find the username in the Logged in as line of the message you get. If no user is authenticated, the message will display No Auth data.

Tip

If the plugin failed to start, or you do not see suggestions from Code Assistant, try restarting the IDE.

Test the plugin

Note

To work with Code Assistant, you will need continuous internet access.

The smart autocompletion mode explicitly supports code autocompletion for the following programming languages and frameworks:

  • C++
  • Go
  • Java
  • JavaScript/TypeScript
  • Kotlin
  • Python
  • Scala
  • SQL
  • Swift

Autocompletion may also work for other languages. For languages ​​that are less represented in public repositories, the number and quality of autocompletion prompts will be lower.

Code Assistant analyzes your code context and provides the following types of suggestions:

  • Automatic.
  • User-triggered (Ctrl + Space). In Visual Studio Code, you can also use Ctrl + Enter.

How to work with Code Assistant:

  1. Open the IDE and create a test file named server.cpp with the following contents:

    // simple web-server to work with sockets

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <unistd.h>

using namespace std;

int main() {

}

  2. In the int main() section, start typing something, e.g., //create socket. See the Code Assistant suggestion:

    ...
int main() {

//create socket
int sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);

}

  3. Select an action for the suggestion:

    • Click Tab to accept the suggestion.
    • To start accepting the suggestion word by word, press Ctrl + → for Windows or Linux or Command + → for macOS.
    • To discard the suggestion, press Esc.
    • If there are multiple suggestions, you can switch between them using Alt + [ and Alt + ] for Windows or Linux or Option + [ and Option + ] for macOS.
    • Click Tab to accept the suggestion.
    • To discard the suggestion, press Esc.

You can also watch our Code Assistant video tutorial here.

Suggestion indicator

When generating a suggestion, the loading icon will appear to the left of the editable code. If generation stops or there is no result, you will see the (no suggestion) icon.

The suggestion indicator is enabled by default.

To enable or disable the indicator:

  1. Click the plugin icon in the bottom-right panel.
  2. In the menu that opens, select Settings.
  3. In the settings window, enable or disable Enable Empty Indicator and Enable Loading Indicator.
  1. In the top-right corner, click and select Settings....
  2. In the left-hand column, select SourceCraft Code Assistant.
  3. Enable or disable Disable suggest indicator.
  4. Click Save to save the settings.

Manage the plugin

Enable or disable auto suggestions

You can enable or disable auto suggestions only in Visual Studio Code.

  1. Click in the Visual Studio Code bottom panel.
  2. In the list that opens, select Enable autotrigger or Disable autotrigger.

Update the plugin

Once you run the plugin, it will automatically check for an update and install it.

To force an update, in the editor’s bottom panel, click and select Check For Updates from the list that opens.

Once you run the plugin, it will automatically check for an update.

If you did not set up automatic plugin updates, you can update it manually:

  1. In the top-right corner, click and select Plugins....
  2. Select SourceCraft Code Assistant.
  3. If an update is available for the plugin, you will see the Update button. Click it.

Log out of the Yandex Cloud profile

To log out of your Yandex Cloud profile in the Code Assistant plugin:

In Visual Studio Code, there are two ways to log out of your profile:

  • In the editor’s bottom panel, click and select Logout from the list that opens.

  • In the top search bar, enter >SourceCraft Code Assistant. From the list that appears, select SourceCraft Code Assistant: Logout.

In the top right corner of the editor, click , enter SourceCraft Code Assistant in the window that opens, and select SourceCraft Code Assistant: Logout.

To re-authenticate in the plugin, follow the instructions described in step 3 of Install and configure the plugin.

Remove the plugin

  1. Open the list of installed plugins by pressing Ctrl + Shift + X for Windows or Linux or Command + Shift + X for macOS.
  2. In the SourceCraft Code Assistant row, click and select Uninstall.
  1. Open settings by pressing Ctrl + Alt + S for Windows or Linux or Command + , for macOS.
  2. Go to the Plugins section and select the SourceCraft Code Assistant plugin.
  3. In the plugin description section, click and select Uninstall.
  4. Confirm deletion and click OK.

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